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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯:节俭·摘录 144

塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《节俭》· Thrift · 投资

A beginning has already been made with public school education. Much still remains to be done to establish the system throughout the empire. At present we are unable to judge of the effects of what has been done. But if general education accomplish as much for England as it has already accomplished for Germany, the character of this country will be immensely improved during the next twenty years. Education has almost banished drunkenness from Germany; and had England no drunkenness, no thriftlessness, no reckless multiplication, our social miseries would be comparatively trivial.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14418
定位:Excerpt 144 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

公共学校教育已经起步,但要在整个帝国建立这一制度还有很多事要做。目前我们还无法判断已做之事的效果。不过,如果普通教育能为英国带来它在德国已经带来的成果,那么未来二十年英国人的性格将大大改善。教育几乎在德国消除了酗酒;如果英国没有酗酒、没有挥霍、没有轻率的生育,我们的社会苦难就会小得多。

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斯迈尔斯在《节俭》中对比英国与德国的教育成效,呼吁推广公共教育以改善社会问题。

今日一问

我是否支持并利用身边的教育资源,来改善自己和社区的生活?

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